Re: PA-MC-T3 and Ferrite beads

From: Charles Sprickman (spork@inch.com)
Date: Wed Nov 08 2000 - 00:34:57 EST


On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, George Robbins wrote:

> Nobody gets too awfully excited about FCC compliance in equipment rooms,
> clamp-on ferrites usually get tossed with the rest of packing material,
> few people end up using the official Cisco cables with the ferrites
> held in place with heat-shrink tubing.

So this is more of an issue of keeping my RFI crap out of my neighbor's
yards rather than vice-versa?

Interesting. What is this thing spewing forth, anyhow?

Thanks,

Charles
> George
>
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> > Subject: PA-MC-T3 and Ferrite beads
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> > Hello All,
> >
> > I just bought a used PA-MC-T3 and while looking at the online manual, I
> > came across this:
> >
> > "You must install a ferrite sleeve (also called a common-mode choke) on
> > each 75-ohm coaxial cable to reduce the effects of electromagnetic
> > interference (EMI). (Cisco Systems supplies two ferrite sleeves with your
> > PA-MC-T3, one for each of the two 75-ohm coaxial cables.)"
> >
> > I've not seen this on our other cards (PA-T3, PA-CT3/4T1, PA-A3), which
> > were all purchased new, and looking around the colo, I don't see anyone
> > else with the ferrite filters on any T3 lines...
> >
> > Anyone have any thoughts on this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Charles
> >
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